List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers

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Participation since 1985:
  Entered at least once
  Never entered, although were eligible to do so
  Competed as a part of another country (Yugoslavia), but never as a sovereignty
Number of participating countries in Eurovision Young Dancers from 1985 to 2017

Eurovision Young Dancers was a biennial dance competition for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The contest was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1985. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. Eleven countries took part in the inaugural contest.

Participants

The Eurovision Young Dancers, inspired by the success its counterpart Eurovision Young Musicians, was a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, then known as Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers, took place in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 16 June 1985 and eleven countries took part.[1] Spain won the first edition in 1985, represented by Arantxa Argüelles. Norway, represented by Arne Fagerholt, and Sweden, represented by Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg, came second and third respectively.[2] The 2019 contest was cancelled, so it will be excluded from the table.

Table key
†
 Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the final contest
◇
 Ineligible – countries whose broadcasters have been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and are therefore ineligible to participate
‡
 Former – countries which previously participated but no longer exist
Country[3] Broadcaster(s)[4] Debut year Final entry Entries Finals Times qualified Last final Wins Final win
 Albania RTSH 2015 1 0 0/1 N/A 0 N/A
 Armenia AMPTV 2003 2013 2 0 0/2 N/A 0 N/A
 Austria ORF 1987 2001 5 3 2/4 1995 0 N/A
 Belarus ◇ BTRC 2013 1 0 0/1 N/A 0 N/A
 Belgium[a] VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French) 		1985 2005 11 8 6/9 2005 0 N/A
 Bulgaria BNT 1991 1 1 1/1 1991 0 N/A
 Canada CBC 1987 1989 2 1 0/1 1987 0 N/A
 Croatia HRT 2011 1 0 0/1 N/A 0 N/A
 Cyprus CyBC 1989 2005 9 0 0/9 N/A 0 N/A
 Czech Republic ČT 1999 2017 7 2 2/7 2005 1 2003
 Denmark DR 1987 1993 4 3 2/3 1991 1 1987
 Estonia ERR 1993 2003 4 2 2/4 2005 0 N/A
 Finland Yle 1985 2005 11 9 7/9 2005 0 N/A
 France France Télévisions 1985 1999 7 7 5/5 1999 1 1989
 Germany ZDF (1985–2001)
WDR (ARD) (2011–17) 		1985 2017 13 8 6/11 2013 1 1999
 Greece ERT 1993 2011 8 4 4/8 2005 0 N/A
 Hungary MTV 1995 1999 3 0 0/3 N/A 0 N/A
 Ireland RTÉ 2001 1 0 0/1 N/A 0 N/A
 Italy RAI 1985 1991 4 2 0/2 1987 0 N/A
 Kosovo RTK 2011 1 0 0/1 N/A 0 N/A
 Latvia LTV 1997 2005 5 5 5/5 2005 0 N/A
 Malta PBS 2015 2017 2 0 0/2 N/A 0 N/A
 Netherlands[a] NPO 1985 2015 11 9 7/9 2013 2 2013
 Norway NRK 1985 2017 13 3 1/11 2011 1 2011
 Poland TVP 1993 2017 11 8 8/11 2017 3 2017
 Portugal RTP 1989 2017 4 0 0/4 N/A 0 N/A
 Romania TVR 2003 2005 2 2 2/2 2005 0 N/A
 Russia ◇ VGTRK 1995 1 1 1/1 1995 0 N/A
 Slovakia STV 1997 2015 2 1 1/2 1997 0 N/A
 Slovenia RTV SLO 1993 2017 11 3 3/11 2017 0 N/A
 Spain TVE 1985 1999 8 8 6/6 1999 5 1997
 Sweden SVT 1985 2017 15 11 9/13 2005 1 2003
  Switzerland SRG SSR 1985 2003 9 8 6/7 2003 0 N/A
 Ukraine NTU 2001 2013 3 1 1/3 2003 1 2003
 United Kingdom BBC 1985 2005 7 5 3/5 2005 1 1989
 Yugoslavia JRT 1987 1991 3 1 0/2 1987 0 N/A

Other EBU members

The following list of countries were eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Dancers, but never made their debut at the contest.[3]

Participating countries in the decades

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Dancers was held in 1985.

Table key
#
 Debutant The country made its debut during the decade.
1
 Winner The country won the contest.
2
 Second place The country was ranked second.
3
 Third place The country was ranked third.
X
 Remaining places The country placed from fourth to last in the final.
†
 Non-qualified for the final The country did not qualify for the final (1989–2017).
C
 Cancelled The contest was cancelled after the deadline for submitting songs had passed (2019).
No entry The country did not enter the contest.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Broadcast in non-participating countries

Country Broadcaster(s) Year(s)
 Iceland Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) 2003[5]
 Jordan Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) 1989[6]
 Puerto Rico Un­known 2003[7]

List of winners

By contest

Year Date Host City Countries Winner(s) Performer(s) Dance
1985 16 June Italy Reggio Emilia 11  Spain Arantxa Argüelles Unknown
1987 31 May Germany Schwetzingen 14  Denmark Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe Divertissement from "La Sylphide"
1989 28 June France Paris 17  France[b] Agnès Letestu (Contemporary dance) Unknown
 United Kingdom[b] Tetsuya Kumakawa (Classical ballet)
1991 5 June Finland Helsinki 15  Spain Amaya Iglesias Variations from "La Grisi"
1993 15 June Sweden Stockholm 15  Spain Zenaida Yanowsky "Esmeralda"
1995 6 June Switzerland Lausanne 15  Spain Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador "Arrayan Daraxa"
1997 17 June Poland Gdynia 13  Spain Antonio Carmena San José "Angelitos Locos"
1999 10 July France Lyon 16  Germany Stegli Yohan and Katja Wünsche "Cinderella"
2001 23 June United Kingdom London 18  Poland David Kupinski and Marcin Kupinski "Brothers"
2003 4 July Netherlands Amsterdam 17  Ukraine[c] Jerlin Ndudi (Ballet) "Le Corsaire"
 Sweden[c] Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (Modern dance) "Light Beings"
 Czech Republic[c] Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice) "The Twilight Of Innocence"
2005 24 June Poland Warsaw 13  Netherlands Milou Nuyens "Snakesense"
2011 24 June Norway Oslo 10  Norway Daniel Sarr "Full Force"
2013 14 June Poland Gdańsk 10  Netherlands Sedrig Verwoert "The 5th Element"
2015 19 June Czech Republic Plzeň 10  Poland Viktoria Nowak "Piece in Old Style"
2017 16 December Czech Republic Prague 8  Poland Paulina Bidzińska "La Certa"
2019 Cancelled[d] 2[d] Cancelled

By country

Map showing each country's number of Young Dancers wins up to and including 2017

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total Years won
 Spain 5 0 1 6
 Poland 3 1 0 4
 Netherlands 2 0 1 3
 Sweden 1 2 2 5
 France 1 1 1 3
 Germany 1 1 1 3
 Norway 1 1 0 2
 Denmark 1 0 1 2
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
 United Kingdom 1 0 0 1
 Ukraine 1 0 0 1
 Slovenia 0 3 0 3 —
 Belgium 0 2 2 4
  Switzerland 0 2 0 2
 Austria 0 0 1 1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b In 1987, Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry. In the competition, the two dancers represented the Dutch colors.
  2. ^ a b The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 event had two sets of first prize, one for contemporary dance (awarded to France) and one for classical dance (awarded to United Kingdom).[8]
  3. ^ a b c The Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 event had three sets of first prize, one for modern dance (awarded to Sweden), one for ballet (awarded to Ukraine), and the 'Youth Jury Choice' (awarded to Czech Republic).[9]
  4. ^ a b At the time of cancellation, Malta and Poland were the only eligible countries to have confirmed their intention to participate in the contest.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ^ "1st Eurovision Young Dancers 1985". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b "List of EBU Active Members". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers". www.ebu.ch. 22 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-02. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". Issuu. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2003 Countries Broadcastrs" (PDF). young-dancers.com. 25 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-31. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  10. ^ Granger, Anthony (20 December 2018). "Eurovision Young Dancers 2019 Cancelled Due to Lack of Host Broadcaster". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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